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• Protesters in Iraq issued 20-demand list  

  Tahrir Square in Baghdad has been in the hands of activists for weeks. The square has been transformed into a self-organised area. Activists issued a declaration containing 20 demands.
• Turkish attack on Rojava protested in Montpellier and Osnabrük 

  The aggression of the Turkish state and its mercenaries in North East Syria wa protested in Montpellier and Osnabrück.
• Prosecutor demands 7 to 15 years prison sentence for Amed mayor 

  Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office demanded sentences between 7 years and 6 months and 15 years in prison for Amed co-mayor Selçuk Mızraklı on charges of "being a member of an illegal organization".
• German court releases Kurdish activist jailed in Stuttgart 

  Kurdish activist Şemsettin Baltaş has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Stuttgart State Court. At the same time, the arrest warrant was lifted and the 53-year-old man was released.
• Lawyers appeal to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Germany criticised appointment of trustees 

  The silence of the German government about Turkey regime was finally broken with criticism of the appointment of trustees to HDP-run municipalities. Respecting the election results is a prerequisite for democracy, said government official Bärbel Kofler.
• Iraqi authorities cut internet in Baghdad as protests sour 

  The Iraqi authorities have cut off the Internet in Baghdad and southern cities overnight, in response to the popular movement demanding the regime's fall.
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil taken over by Sachsen activists  

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil reached week 385. The action is being carried out in Strasbourg, and this week has been taken over by a group from Denmark.
• Trento to demonstrate for Rojava on Wednesday 

  Demonstration for Rojava and against Turkish aggression to be held in Trento, Italy, on Wednesday.
• American activists to hold demo when Erdogan meets Trump 

  Activists from the American Rojava Centre for Democracy (ARCDEM) are organising a demonstration in front of the White House on 13 November when Turkish president Erdogan will visit the White House.
• HDP deputy Dündar: Trustees won't be accepted 

  Following the seizure of the HDP-led Kızıltepe Municipality (Mardin), party members held a press conference in front of the town hall.
• Solidarity with Rojava in a tour boat in Marseille 

  The Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ) opened a banner condemning the Turkish occupation during a cruise in Marseille.
• Gorbachev: Russian-West tension is a huge danger 

  Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gobachev, said that the current tensions between Russia and the West are "a huge danger" due to the presence of nuclear weapons.
• Three YBŞ-YJŞ wounded in Turkish attack on Shengal  

  The YBŞ-YJŞ Command announced today that 3 fighters were injured in the attack carried out by the Turkish state on Shengal at 1 pm today.
• KCDK-E: The solidarity of peoples is essential 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KCDK-E thanked all participants of the Global Resistance Day for Rojava and called on them not to leave the streets.
• Iraq protests: Three demonstrators killed in Karbala 

  During the ongoing protests in Iraq, three people were killed in Karbala during a demonstration in front of the Iranian consulate.
• Dengê Welat registered frequency interference 

  With the Turkish state invasion and inhuman attacks against Rojava on 9 October, Dengê Welat radio became the victim of pirate broadcasts.
• Sinn Féin to contest all 18 Westminster constituencies 

  Sinn Féin is set to contest all 18 Westminster constituencies on 12 December after its efforts to form a pact of parties opposed to Brexit failed to get a positive response from other party leaders.
• Paramilitaries threats against UUP ahead of Westminster elections 

  Loyalist paramilitaries issued threats against the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) trying to force it to withdraw from the Westminster election in north Belfast against Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
• Co-mayor Mızraklı: We are the rebels 

  Selçuk Mizrakli, co-mayor of Amed Metropolitan Municipality, sent a message to an event he was invited to, saying: "We are rebels. We are the ones who carry the weight of hope on our backs. We are a future with hope of resistance."
• HDP-run Kiziltepe Municipality seized by the AKP-MHP government 

  The HDP-run Kiziltepe Municipality was seized by the AKP-MHP government and appointed a trustee.
• Rojava veto from Volkswagen trade unions 

  Volkswagen AG’s powerful labor unions vowed to block the manufacturer’s plan to build a 1.3 billion-euro ($1.4 billion) factory in Turkey until violence triggered by the country’s cross-border offensive in northern Syria has stopped.
• Demos against Turkey held in Heilbornn and Freiburg 

  The invasion and genocide attacks carried out by the Turkish state in North East Syria were protested in Heilbornn and Freiburg.
• "Fighting continues, we will continue telling the truth" 

  Kachin FBR ranger killed, Iraqi coordinator wounded during Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army mortar strike.
• Finland in solidarity with Rojava 

  People took to the streets for Rojava in 5 Finnish cities.